[On-chain AI execution layer Ritual research report: Can it promote the explosion of the DeAI ecosystem after connecting AI and Web3? A panoramic analysis of its development background, technical principles, ecological status, pros and cons, risks, and future challenges]

Recently, an interactive game Freysa, which counters automated AI agents on-chain, has launched and attracted attention. Its innovative gameplay combines prompt word offense and defense with on-chain asset interaction, showcasing the potential for integration between Web3 and AI. However, due to the lack of perfect alignment between the engineering frameworks of both, this field has not yet experienced large-scale outbreaks. The Web3 side needs verifiable, privacy-focused, and democratized AI, while the AI side requires optimized incentive mechanisms and adaptation to heterogeneous computing needs from the Web3 side. To bridge the gap between the two, Ritual was born. To this end, Web3Caff Research researcher Hendrix has written this approximately 10,000-word research report that will delve into the development background of Ritual and its technological innovations, ecological design, and future prospects in the integration of Web3 and AI.

[Web3Caff Research Issue 88 Market Trend Weekly Review: The launch of the mainnet for ZKsync-based modular blockchain Sophon, the launch of the open-source modular zkVM framework OpenVM by L2 public chain Scroll, and the largest upgrade since the launch of the mainnet for L1 blockchain Avalanche, Avalanche9000]

Web3Caff Research will break down the weekly Web3 market hotspots, technological trends, ecological progress, governance situations... A quick overview of this issue's hardcore commentary (over 8300 words).

Content link: https://research.web3caff.com/zh/archives/25432

[Foresight Ventures: Things You Must Know About Story]

[L2 public chain Scroll launches open source modular zkVM framework OpenVM to fully promote multi-chain strategic layout]

At the end of 2024, when the zkVM field was already a bit crowded, Rollup star Scroll, in cooperation with Axiom, suddenly launched a new open source modular zkVM framework OpenVM. Prior to this, the Scroll team had already proved with achievements that zk-Rollups can be used on a large scale. In October 2024, in the vision blog released by the Scroll team, they defined the "Multi-chain Extension" capability as one of the three core pillars for the large-scale popularization of Scroll products (the other two are security/performance and decentralization). The launch of OpenVM is also an important layout of this strategy.

[Financing project decryption: Under the complex global regulatory framework and high competitive pressure, can the RWA stablecoin protocol Usual break through? 】

The competition in the stablecoin field has always been fierce. Usual, which announced its financing this time, is an RWA stablecoin protocol. The team believes that companies such as Tether and Circle have created a lot of revenue by issuing stablecoins such as USDT and USDC, but this wealth is not shared with users who create value for them. Therefore, Usual is trying to create a decentralized stablecoin that can distribute the benefits to users and third parties who contribute value in a more equitable way, and support users to participate in governance by holding the token, and hopes to build it into a bridge between RWA and DeFi. To this end, Web3Caff Research will provide you with hard-core analysis and comments in this issue of "Financing Project Decryption".

[Market Trend Insight: The modular blockchain Sophon based on ZKsync launches its mainnet, helping the market shift from speculative-driven to consumer-grade application-driven.]

Currently, the blockchain industry mainly faces issues such as insufficient user experience, speculative-driven short-term models, and a lack of application scenarios close to users' lives. To address these issues, a shift from technology to user needs and from speculation to value creation is necessary. The modular blockchain Sophon based on ZKsync launched its mainnet on December 18, aiming to break the technical barriers of the current blockchain industry, shifting the focus from infrastructure to user experience and consumer-grade application development, providing efficient, low-cost underlying technical support while making blockchain technology 'invisible', allowing users to easily enjoy its convenience and value without needing to understand complex technologies. To this end, Web3Caff Research's 'Market Trend Insight' column will provide you with in-depth analysis and commentary.

[Ethereum L2 Network RISE Chain 10,000-word research report: Can the L2 invested by Vitalik Buterin utilize parallel architecture and Based Rollup to achieve a breakthrough? A panoramic analysis of its development background, technical principles, competitive landscape, advantages and risks, and future challenges]

The Ethereum L2 track has continuously occupied the mainstream market in recent years and is addressing the challenges of insufficient scalability and high transaction costs through various solutions. Recently, RISE Chain, which has received investment from Vitalik Buterin, leverages the Block-STM optimistic parallel execution architecture and the Based Rollup decentralized sorting solution to provide high throughput and high-concurrency transaction processing while maintaining a high level of compatibility with the Ethereum ecosystem, attempting to break through the traditional L2 solution's 'three difficulties' dilemma. To this end, this over 11,000-word research report authored by Web3Caff Research researcher Marshal Orange will delve into the development background, technical principles, competitive landscape, and various challenges and opportunities in future ecological construction and market expansion of RISE Chain.

[Can DuckChain, based on TON's EVM-compatible L2 network, become the core bridge for the expansion of the TON ecosystem?]

The TON ecosystem is in the early stages of development, and its application scale and security cannot yet be compared to the mature ecosystems of Ethereum, Solana, and others. Therefore, attracting more developers to join, fixing system vulnerabilities, and enhancing security have become the core challenges faced by TON. The DuckChain financing this round is based on TON's EVM-compatible L2 network, aiming to provide the same development tools as Ethereum to help developers migrate existing EVM applications, attract more funds and projects to join the TON ecosystem, and promote its market influence expansion.

[Four new members join Hong Kong's virtual asset exchanges, a quick overview of each background and the latest regulatory routes]

After OSL Exchange, HashKeyExchange, and HKVAX, Hong Kong's licensed virtual asset trading platforms welcome four new members. Recently, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission issued a statement, granting licenses to four virtual asset trading platforms under the fast-track licensing procedure. This article discusses the topic for you.

Content link: https://web3caff.com/zh/archives/114339

[An overview of cryptocurrency tax policies in Asia, which countries are more friendly?]

Since the emergence of the cryptocurrency trading market, taxation on cryptocurrency trading has been a hotly debated topic. This report will provide an in-depth study of the cryptocurrency tax systems of major Asian countries, offering a quick overview.

[Tact Smart Contract Security Practice: Common Mistakes in the TON Ecosystem]

Tact is a new programming language designed specifically for the TON chain, with efficiency and simplicity as its core goals. It is easy to learn and use, and fits perfectly with smart contracts. Tact is a statically typed language with simple syntax and a powerful type system, which is discussed in this article.

Content link: https://web3caff.com/zh/archives/114157

[The era of accelerated T+1 settlement of US stocks: the time difference dilemma of Asia-Pacific investors and traditional financial institutions are competing to use stablecoins to create new opportunities for cross-border real-time settlement]

[Multi-Chain Game Ecosystem Treasure Research Report: Can it drive the explosion of the Web3 game ecosystem from game construction to channel distribution? A panoramic breakdown of its development background, ecological status, pros and cons, risks, and future challenges]

The Treasure ecosystem has attracted multiple games such as Calamity, Wanderers, Unchained, Synergy Land, and announced plans to establish its own Layer 2 application chain in February 2024, with the mainnet officially launching on December 11. So, how did Treasure attract numerous games to join? Why did it choose to build its own application chain and shift from the Arbitrum to the ZKsync technology stack? Under the concept of 'Infinity Chains,' what is the future development direction of Treasure? This approximately 10,000-word research report by Web3Caff Researcher Wayne will focus on these three questions while presenting the current state of the Treasure ecosystem and deeply analyzing the needs and challenges faced by game projects and public chain development.

[Web3Caff Research Issue 87 Market Trend Weekly Review: Discussing RWA Policy Trends and Implementation Status, Owlto Finance's Intent-Centric Full-Chain Liquidity Solution, Analysis of the Impact of the U.S. Elections on Crypto Industry Trends, Discussing the Launch of Consumer-Level L2 Network Morph's Mainnet]

Web3Caff Research will break down the weekly hotspots, technological trends, ecological developments, and governance situations in the Web3 market for you... A quick look at this issue's hardcore review (over 7200 words).

Content link: https://research.web3caff.com/zh/archives/25307

[The Sword of Damocles Over Blockchain: Understanding the Impact of Google's New Quantum Chip on Blockchain in One Article]

[Market Insight: Can Polyhedra Network's launch of the decentralized AI L1 network EXPchain testnet make zkML a cornerstone of decentralized AI?]

The new wave of generative AI brings new applications while also raising user concerns about potential risks, such as sensitive information leakage, centralized company data collection for training, and issues like models generating incorrect answers. Recently, Polyhedra Network launched the new L1 public chain EXPchain testnet and white paper, showcasing its infrastructure ecosystem designed for decentralized AI.

Content link: https://research.web3caff.com/en/archives/25284

[Funding project revealed: Is the AI track about to explode? Open AI cloud service provider Hyperbolic advances into the decentralized computing track]

Recently, the AI concept has been frequently mentioned, and the decentralized computing track has gradually gained attention, with multiple related projects emerging, including GPU cloud service provider Nscale, GPU tokenization-focused Exabits, and the recently announced funding round of open AI cloud service provider Hyperbolic. Hyperbolic aims to provide developers and users with convenient and fair access to AI technology through decentralized, high-performance, low-cost AI services. Traditional cloud service providers charge about $3-4 per hour for GPU services, reaching up to $5,000-15,000 per month. Hyperbolic seeks to reduce costs and ensure performance by building an AI cloud computing ecosystem. Therefore, this issue's 'Funding Project Revealed' section by Web3Caff Research will provide you with in-depth analysis and commentary.

[Market Trend Insights: Can a new wave in the blockchain gaming track arrive? Discussing the launch of the game chain Treasure Chain mainnet by decentralized gaming ecosystem infrastructure Treasure]

On December 12, the decentralized gaming ecosystem infrastructure Treasure officially announced the launch of its Layer2 application chain Treasure Chain mainnet built on ZK Stack. This plan was written into the founding team's long-term vision as early as 2021 and has now finally been realized. It can be said that the launch of the Treasure Chain mainnet makes Treasure a one-stop platform throughout the entire lifecycle of blockchain games, providing support from the early selection of blockchain for the project, game development components, to the final launch and growth. For this reason, Web3Caff Research's current 'Market Trend Insights' column will provide you with in-depth analysis and commentary.

[Market Insight: Does the launch of the broad abstract L1 network XION mainnet signal the arrival of the chain abstraction era?]

In the current blockchain ecosystem, users and developers face issues of technical complexity and poor user experience, such as cumbersome wallet management and cross-chain interactions, which can lead to inefficiency and error risks. In response to this challenge, solutions such as account abstraction, intent design, and full-chain interoperability have emerged. Recently, the chain abstraction infrastructure XION officially launched its mainnet. XION is a Layer1 network built from the ground up for chain abstraction, integrating features like account management, signature processing, fee extraction, and interoperability at the protocol level, aimed at reducing technical barriers and lowering the operational threshold for users and developers, simplifying the interaction experience between blockchain and mainstream users. Therefore, Web3Caff Research's 'Market Insight' column will provide you with in-depth analysis and commentary.

[Market Trend Insights: Can the Layer1 network Haven1 incubated by Yield App fundamentally solve the challenges of security and compliance in DeFi?]

It is well known that security and compliance are the biggest challenges in the development of the DeFi sector. In recent years of blockchain technology development, hacker attacks and rug pull incidents have emerged one after another, causing significant economic losses for participants and forcing DeFi technology to face greater adoption hurdles. To address this issue, Yield App is committed to incubating a permissioned Layer1 network, focusing on security and scalability given Yield App's DeFi attributes. The team believes that the root causes of security and compliance issues in the DeFi sector are the lack of reliable counterparty verification and trust mechanisms.

[Financing project decryption: From AI Agent to AVB, is the "Web4" proposed by Scrypted a future trend or a marketing gimmick? ]

The combination of AI and blockchain has become an important direction for the current development of Web3 technology. This is because AI can bring intelligent analysis and prediction capabilities to blockchain, while blockchain can provide AI with decentralized and privacy-protected data processing solutions. Driven by this concept, various innovative AI+blockchain products continue to emerge. Among them, the Scrypted team, which announced financing in this issue, is also included. They are committed to promoting the evolution of AI Agent to AVB (autonomous virtual organisms) and named this disruptive process "Web4", showing a new vision for the future digital ecology. To this end, Web3Caff Research will provide you with hard-core analysis and comments in this issue of "Financing Project Decryption".

【TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) Comprehensive Research Report: Can it Become Another Milestone in Trusted Privacy Computing for Blockchain? A panoramic analysis of its development background, technical principles, ecological status, pros and cons, risks, and future challenges】

Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) as an important technology in the field of blockchain security has received much attention in recent years. TEE creates an isolated 'secure zone' through a combination of hardware and software, ensuring that sensitive data is only processed in verified applications, preventing unauthorized access or tampering. So, how does TEE integrate with blockchain? What advantages does it have compared to other privacy technologies? What are its potential risks and application scenarios? To this end, this over 12,000-word research report written by Web3Caff Research researcher Tom takes Flashbots and Scroll as examples to explore TEE's applications in optimizing transaction ordering, reducing MEV issues, and ensuring data security and verification accuracy in zero-knowledge proofs, and uses this as a starting point to analyze its technical principles and development prospects.

[A Game Changer? Discussing Particle Network's Launch of the Chain Abstraction Platform UniversalX]

Yesterday, the modular L1 network Particle Network announced the launch of UniversalX, a cross-chain asset interaction platform based on the concept of chain abstraction, which has attracted widespread market attention upon its release. The philosophy of UniversalX is 'one account, one balance, any chain', allowing users to select and authorize through a simple interface, with UniversalX automatically completing complex cross-chain operations, providing a convenient asset interaction experience. Is this a significant milestone for the implementation of chain abstraction? What imaginative possibilities, competitors, and development hurdles will the launch of UniversalX bring? For this reason, Web3Caff Research's current 'Market Trend Insights' column will provide you with in-depth analysis and commentary.

[Financing Project Analysis: Securing investments from industry leaders like Vitalik Buterin, Rarimo ventures into the DID track and launches multiple decentralized identity application solutions]

In Web3, airdrops have become a common way to launch projects, but some users use bots to create fake accounts to grab airdrops, wasting resources and impacting other users. Additionally, bots are also used for trading attacks and to compete for DAO voting rights. To address this issue, Web3 developers have proposed the 'Proof of Humanity' (PoH) scheme, which can verify a user's identity as a human rather than a bot without disclosing additional user information. In this context, Rarimo, which announced financing in this round, is attempting to build a series of solutions based on the PoH mechanism to promote the comprehensive development of the DID (Decentralized Identity) track. Therefore, Web3Caff Research's current 'Financing Project Analysis' section will provide you with in-depth analysis and commentary.